ActiveX installation restriction must be enabled in all Office programs.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-223305 | O365-CO-000023 | SV-223305r961779_rule | CCI-002460 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Microsoft Silverlight-based controls. Disabling or not configuring this setting does not block prompts for ActiveX control installations, and these prompts display to users. This could allow malicious code to become active on user computers or the network. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-12 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
SCF0 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects
NIST 800-530 mappings
No source states a mapping between these directly.
Also reachable in 2 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source
Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R3intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R5intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-002460
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V3R5intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-223305r961779_chk)
Verify the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Restrict ActiveX Install is set to "Enabled" and the check box is selected for every installed Office program.
Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
HKLM\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main\featurecontrol\feature_restrict_activexinstall
If the value for all installed programs is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-24966r442135_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) >> Security Settings >> IE Security >> Restrict ActiveX Install to "Enabled" and select the check boxes for all installed Office programs.